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Which distro do you believe deserves more recognition?
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Thank you. That's some real, usable information. You and the others who have replied have really been great. In the past I've encountered so much elitism and dismissiveness when I have tried to wind myself up for the switch. It's nice to find some inclusive helpful folks for a change.
Glad to be of help. I hope you have a good time with Linux.
A recommendation to help you get over that "gee which of several thousand distros to pick: pick out no more than four distros that each have different DEs, and run them each in virtualbox for a little while on your Windows machine. Just look around and see which you prefer.
Will do